CPU Comparison
AMD
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
CORE STATE
Castle Peak
CORE SPECS
32 Cores / 64 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
3.7 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo
CACHE
128 MB
MAX TDP
280W
ARCHITECTURE
Zen 2
PROCESS
7 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2019
VS
INTEL
Core i9-9900KS
CORE STATE
Coffee Lake-R
CORE SPECS
8 Cores / 16 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
4 Base / 5 GHz Turbo
CACHE
16 MB (shared)
MAX TDP
127W
ARCHITECTURE
Coffee Lake
PROCESS
14 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2019
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_16_threads
3dmark_2_threads
3dmark_4_threads
3dmark_8_threads
3dmark_max_threads
3dmark_single_thread
cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore
cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore
cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore
geekbench_multicore
geekbench_singlecore
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
Threadripper 3970X
i9-9900KS
Core Specs
Cores
32
8
-75.0%
Threads
64
16
-75.0%
Base Clock (GHz)
3.7
4
+8.1%
Boost Clock (GHz)
4.5
5
+11.1%
Frequency (GHz)
3.7
4
+8.1%
Turbo Clock (GHz)
4.5
5
+11.1%
Multiplier
37
40
+8.1%
SMP CPUs
1
1
0.0%
Cache
L1 Cache
64 KB (per core)
64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache
512 KB (per core)
256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache
128 MB
16 MB (shared)
Power
TDP (W)
280
127
-54.6%
PL1
—
127 W
PL2
—
159 W
Architecture
Architecture
Zen 2
Coffee Lake
Codename
Castle Peak
Coffee Lake-R
Generation
Ryzen Threadripper
(Zen 2 (Castle Peak))
Core i9
(Coffee Lake Refresh)
Process Size
7 nm
14 nm
Transistors
15,200 million
—
Die Size
4x 74 mm²
180 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Memory
Memory Support
DDR4
DDR4
Memory Bus
Quad-channel
Dual-channel
Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
42.7 GB/s
ECC Memory
No
No
Platform
Socket
AMD Socket TRX4
Intel Socket 1151
PCIe
Gen 4
Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)
AMD Multi-Die
IO Process Size
14 nm
—
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
—
UHD 630
Other
Market
Desktop
Desktop
Production Status
Active
End-of-life
Launch Price
$1999
$513
Part Number
100-000000011100-100000011WOF
SRG1Q
Package
sTRX4
FC-LGA14C
Tj Max
—
100°C